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FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a text file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
' See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2

ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.Passive = True

' Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim streamObj As New Chilkat.Stream

' Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
streamObj.StringCharset = "utf-8"

' Create a task to do the FTP download.
Dim t As Chilkat.Task = ftp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",streamObj)
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Start the task in a background thread.
t.Run()

' Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
' This example will read line-by-line.
Dim line As String
While streamObj.EndOfStream <> True
    line = streamObj.ReadToCRLF()
    If (streamObj.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
        Debug.WriteLine(line)
    End If

End While


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")